Shady Grove  
KDM Broadside Continued …  
The reference to a “Barlow Knife,”  
for example, is about a particular  
kind of pocket knife developed in  
the late 1600s and is still used  
today.  
A “Barlow” knife has one or two  
blades, a huge metal bolster, and a  
comfortable tear-drop shaped  
handle. The blade or blades are  
attached at the small end of the  
handle, and the first Barlow knife  
was made in Sheffield England by  
Obadiah Barlow. Obadiah’s  
grandson, John Barlow, joined the  
business around 1745 and began  
to export the Barlow knives to  
America.  
In the lyrics when the singer  
visits his girl, she’s standing  
in the doorway with her shoes  
and stockings in her hand,  
and her bare feet are on the  
floor. Some believe this may  
indicate that when he finds  
her, she is already dead.  
In most cases the tune and  
song has an upbeat feeling  
about it, as a man who is  
going to get married to the  
most beautiful girl he knows.  
Made public stock image. Ghostly view of  
girl in the forest.  
“Shaun,  
That KelticDead Guy”  
Patrick O. Young,  
KelticDead Music  

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